{"id":21577,"date":"2014-07-03T18:01:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T10:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=21577"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:02:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:02:53","slug":"crypto-apps-protect-online-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/crypto-apps-protect-online-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Free Privacy Apps Against Surveillance &#038; Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us have uploaded our lives onto the Internet, to the point that we cannot imagine living without it. We use online services that <strong>we entrust to <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/protect-your-android-device\/\" rel=\"noopener\">keep our data secure and private<\/a><strong>.<\/strong> Unfortunately, many of us don\u2019t realize that <strong>it\u2019s not truly secure as they are subject to any third parties<\/strong> that can view its content, from the company providing the service to the government itself.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the time, we might not mind this but sometimes, it\u2019s better to be safe than sorry. From sensitive personal data to work-related materials, we all have <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/vpn-protocols\/\" rel=\"noopener\">information that we wish to keep private<\/a>. When we use the word <strong>crypto<\/strong>, we mean that these apps will help you make most of your online activity <strong>more secure and private<\/strong>, shielding it from being spied upon. With that said, here are <strong>9 free apps that will help you protect your online privacy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/safeguard-online-privacy\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 9 Simple Tips to Safeguard Your Online Privacy\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">9 Simple Tips to Safeguard Your Online Privacy<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/safeguard-online-privacy.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-18531 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/safeguard-online-privacy.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">9 Simple Tips to Safeguard Your Online Privacy<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom social networking sites to online banking services, the Internet is indeed permeating into our lives like never...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>1. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tails.boum.org\/\">Tails OS<\/a> (Operating System)<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/crypto-apps-protect-online-privacy\/tails.jpg\" alt=\"Tails\" height=\"313\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<p>Tails (<strong>The Amnesic Incognito Live System<\/strong>) is built upon the idea of <strong>privacy and anonymity <\/strong>for the user. Everything that could be done and every tool that could help has been added to the OS. For one, it is a <strong>live OS<\/strong>, meant to be run on a CD or a USB drive, leaving absolutely <strong>no trace of your activity<\/strong> on the computer\u2019s drive.<\/p>\n<p>Second is that every single connection through the internet <strong>must be relayed through the Tor network<\/strong>, meaning that your online activity will be anonymized. Every app in the OS has been configured with privacy and secrecy in mind. For example, both the e-mail and messaging client includes encryption tools.<\/p>\n<h2>2. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.replicant.us\/\">Replicant<\/a> (Operating System)<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/crypto-apps-protect-online-privacy\/replicant.jpg\" alt=\"Replicant\" height=\"300\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<p>Replicant is a <strong>mobile OS based on Android<\/strong> that aims to replace every single bit of proprietary software on the phone with <strong>free (as in speech) software<\/strong>. The reasoning behind this is that those proprietary components could have a backdoor access <strong> in them to your phone and data<\/strong>. With free software, the source will be open and can be subjected to scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Replicant is able to run mostly on Samsung devices, mainly the Galaxy S series and all of the software included is free software, meaning <strong>no Google Apps<\/strong> such as Gmail, Maps, Play Store, etc. It comes with its own app store, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/f-droid.org\/\">F-Droid<\/a>, that is filled only with free, open source software.<\/p>\n<h2>3. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.torproject.org\/\">Tor Browser<\/a> (Web Browser)<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/crypto-apps-protect-online-privacy\/tor-browser.jpg\" alt=\"Tor Browser\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<p>We have briefly covered <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/introductions-to-bitcoins-tor-network\/\" rel=\"noopener\">the Tor Project <\/a>on this site before and how it works. As a brief recap, <strong>Tor works by bouncing your online activity through several relay proxies<\/strong> that are part of the Tor network. Doing so will help obscure the point of origin and the requested content made from your machine.<\/p>\n<p>The Tor Browser is <strong>a modified version of Firefox<\/strong> that is provided by the Tor Project, which gives the user an <strong>easy way to access the Tor network<\/strong>. In addition to Tor, the browser includes other tools to help with the anonymizing process, including <strong>NoScript <\/strong>(to prevent any sort of script from running) and <strong>HTTPS-Everywhere<\/strong>, which enables HTTPS on websites by default.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/do-donts-tor-network\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: The Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Tor Network\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Tor Network<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/do-donts-tor-network.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-19506 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/do-donts-tor-network.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">The Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts of Tor Network<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Onion Router aka TOR is a free software and open network that allows people to improve their...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>4. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/\">OwnCloud<\/a> (Online Storage)<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/crypto-apps-protect-online-privacy\/owncloud.jpg\" alt=\"OwnCloud\" height=\"313\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<p>When you are using an online storage provider such as Dropbox or Google Drive, you are <strong>trusting them with your data and its security<\/strong>. There have been several instances where the security of the data held by these companies <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/06\/22\/technology\/dropbox_passwords\/index.htm\">have been compromised<\/a>. The best solution is to create your own cloud.<\/p>\n<p>OwnCloud allows you to build your own, personal cloud, where you control everything about it, from the disk size to the hardware. There is <strong>no third party involved in handling your data<\/strong>, meaning that the chances of someone peeking into your data is lower. The only one responsible and in charge of the privacy and security of your data is you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/free-tools-to-build-personal-cloud\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 5 Free Tools to Build Your Personal Cloud\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">5 Free Tools to Build Your Personal Cloud<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/free-tools-to-build-personal-cloud.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-20375 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/free-tools-to-build-personal-cloud.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">5 Free Tools to Build Your Personal Cloud<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHaving cloud storage these days have become a requirement, and we are spoilt for choice with what is...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>5. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxcryptor.com\/en\/\">Boxcryptor<\/a> (Online Storage)<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/crypto-apps-protect-online-privacy\/boxcryptor.jpg\" alt=\"Boxcryptor\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<p>Even with the risks, there are still reasons to use a third party online storage provider. It\u2019s easy, cheap and convenient. In this case, there are ways to protect your online data from being pried upon. The best way is to <strong>encrypt the data<\/strong> stored on your online drive, so that no one will be able to view the contents.<\/p>\n<p>Enter <strong>Boxcryptor<\/strong>, an app that will <strong>easily allow you to encrypt the files that live on your online storage drives<\/strong>. Boxcryptor will work on the major online storage providers and uses <strong>AES-256 and RSA encryption algorithms<\/strong>. The keys to decrypt your data are yours alone so even the company that created Boxcryptor cannot decrypt your data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/online-storage-with-encryption\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 10 Online Storage Solutions with Encryption\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10 Online Storage Solutions with Encryption<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/online-storage-with-encryption.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-14931 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/online-storage-with-encryption.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">10 Online Storage Solutions with Encryption<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOnline storage solutions provide users with a backup facility for their digital data. Every day, many electronic devices...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>6. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/protonmail.com\/\">ProtonMail<\/a> (Email)<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/crypto-apps-protect-online-privacy\/protonmail.jpg\" alt=\"ProtonMail\" height=\"315\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<p>The majority of us rely on email in our day-to-day lives. Most people would <strong>prefer it that our emails are kept private<\/strong>, as some of them may contain sensitive information related to work or our private lives. While most of the major email providers have some sort of privacy tools to protect your email, <strong>most of them have the ability to read your email<\/strong>, if they wanted.<\/p>\n<p>ProtonMail is a service currently in beta and you have to request for an invite to create an account but it promises to offer an easy way to keep your email safe and secure from any type of snooping. ProtonMail offers <strong>end-to-end encryption<\/strong> and no one but the person who holds the key to decrypt them can gain access, not even ProtonMail themselves. ProtonMail is <strong>cross platform<\/strong> and you can still send encrypted and unencrypted email to other services.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/anonymous-email-providers\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 15 Websites to Send Anonymous Emails\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">15 Websites to Send Anonymous Emails<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/anonymous-email-providers.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-18586 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/anonymous-email-providers.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">15 Websites to Send Anonymous Emails<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy go for anonymous email when there are plenty of premium featured and free email services such as...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>7. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pidgin.im\/\">Pidgin<\/a> (Messaging)<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/crypto-apps-protect-online-privacy\/pidgin.jpg\" alt=\"Pidgin\" height=\"377\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<p>Pidgin is a versatile, <strong>multi-platform instant messaging client<\/strong>, letting you chat with many of the online chat services that you may already be using, such as Facebook, so you can have all of your chat sessions under one app. The app is <strong>free and open source<\/strong>, so the source code can be viewed and studied.<\/p>\n<p>The main reason that the app is on the list is its ability to add <strong>Off-The-Record Messaging<\/strong> on top of the those protocols. For example, with Pidgin, you and your friends are able to have a encrypted conversation over Facebook, meaning no one but you and the intended recipient will have access to the messages, not even Facebook.<\/p>\n<h2>8. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linphone.org\/\">Linphone<\/a> (Telephony)<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/crypto-apps-protect-online-privacy\/linphone.jpg\" alt=\"Linphone\" height=\"293\" width=\"500\"><\/figure>\n<p>If you want an internet phone app that is both <strong>secure and encrypted, with immunity from wiretapping,<\/strong> Linphone provides both a service and app that can help you with that. Linphone is another free and open source app that lets you place calls using a standard known as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Session_Initiation_Protocol\">Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)<\/a>, which is an open protocol, unlike Skype, which is closed.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the app, Linphone has a service where you can <strong>create your own SIP account<\/strong> with them to get you started using the app. The great thing about a SIP account is that you are <strong>not tied in to the app<\/strong>, and can be used by other telephony apps that support SIP.<\/p>\n<h2>9. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/onionshare\/onionshare\">OnionShare<\/a> (File Sharing)<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/crypto-apps-protect-online-privacy\/onionshare.jpg\" alt=\"onionshare\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\"><\/figure>\n<p>A new, <strong>command line based app written in Python<\/strong> and created by Micah Lee, who works for Glenn Greenwald\u2019s The Intercept news site. If the name Glenn Greenwald doesn\u2019t ring a bell, he is the reporter who broke the news about the NSA leaks. The app has a single purpose, which is to allow you to <strong>share your files through the internet anonymously through Tor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It does this by using the <strong>Tor hidden services<\/strong>. When you share a file, the app will create an <strong>unguessable .onion URL<\/strong>, which can only be accessed by using a Tor Browser, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/file-sharing-tools\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ensuring anonymity<\/a> for the parties involved. To share the file, you will have to pass on the .onion URL to the intended recipient.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us have uploaded our lives onto the Internet, to the point that we cannot imagine living without it. We use online services that we entrust to keep our data secure and private. Unfortunately, many of us don\u2019t realize that it\u2019s not truly secure as they are subject to any third parties that can&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3398],"tags":[925,4605,1962,4601],"topic":[4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>9 Free Privacy Apps Against Surveillance &amp; Censorship - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many of us have uploaded our lives onto the Internet, to the point that we cannot imagine living without it. 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